Santa Cruz Tightens Up the Coast for July 4

Expect road closures and increased fines on the Fourth of July in Santa Cruz.

Basically, police say, the roads around the coast will be heavily enforced, the area around the Yacht Harbor will be closed off except for patrons of Aldos Restaurant and the Chardonay sailboat.

There will be triple fines for violations such as open container, littering, drinking in public places, trespassing, fireworks, illegal parking, noise and discharge of a gun, which will push fines as high as $750-$1,500.

Specifically the area where these will be enforced are: the Yacht Harbor on the east, proceeding west on Murray Street as it becomes E Cliff Drive and San Lorenzo Boulevard, south on Riverside to 3rd Street, east on Beach Street and continuing 100 feet from the southern- or eastern-most curb along W. Cliff Drive to Natural Bridges State Beach; and that the safety enhancement zone will extend from these boundaries to the Pacific Ocean.

Streets that will be closed from 7 p.m. to midnight are: The Murray Street Bridge between Seabright Avenue and 7th Avenue. (Access to the Harbor
from Santa Cruz will be off 7th Avenue via Capitola Road. And all roads south of E. Cliff Drive between Buena Vista Avenue and the Yacht Harbor.